Do We Want This? May 2026

About this episode

The episode discusses recent developments in Asian American entertainment, including new projects and notable events.

We return from our APAHM hiatus with our May 2026 edition of Good Pop's monthly Asian American entertainment news roundup "Do We Want This?", we celebrate the end of Heritage Month by checking out some new upcoming projects, Park Chan-Wook's next big thing, White Lotus casting news, and badass commencement speeches. What's Popping? - Paddington the Musical, Top Chef Follow our hosts: Marvin Yueh - @marvinyueh Jess Ju - @jessjutweets Hanh Nguyen - @hanhonymous Follow the show and engage with us at @goodpopclub Part of the Potluck Podcast Collective Produced by HappyEcstatic Media Mentioned in this episode: Don't miss an all AAPI production of HENRY VI: A Trilogy in Two Parts at The Public in NYC The National Asian American Theatre Company’s acclaimed production of HENRY VI: A TRILOGY IN TWO PARTS brings an all-AANHPI cast to The Public Theater for a decades-spanning saga of Joan of Arc, warring dukes, and the bloody birth of the War of the Roses. Adapted by Stephen Brown-Fried, this is Shakespeare like you've never experienced it. Part 1: Foreign Wars opens with a king dead, an infant on the throne, and a country already coming apart at the seams. Part 2: Civil Strife picks up…

People in this episode

Hosts: Marvin Yueh, Jess Ju, Hanh Nguyen

Topics covered

• Asian American entertainment
• Heritage Month
• theater
• film news
• upcoming projects
• commencement speeches

Keywords

• Asian American
• entertainment news
• theater
• HENRY VI
• Paddington the Musical
• Top Chef
• Heritage Month

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Potluck Podcast Collective, HappyEcstatic Media, The National Asian American Theatre Company

Books & works: HENRY VI: A Trilogy in Two Parts, Paddington the Musical, Top Chef

Places: NYC

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